Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York

A curious wanderer who once fled from the sight of Auburn’s grim stone walls returns—not as a tourist, but as a temporary inmate. Motivated by a childhood terror and a later career shaping troubled youth, he volunteers for a week of confinement to see the people behind the numbers. The opening pages reveal his inner conflict and the promise of a first‑hand look at a world most outsiders never truly understand.

Through a day‑by‑day journal he records the routines, the clatter of meals, the quiet moments in the yard, and the unexpected kindness that flickers among the men in striped uniforms. His observations blend frank description with thoughtful reflection, letting listeners hear the prisoners’ own voices, jokes, and doubts. The narrative invites empathy without sentimentality, painting a nuanced portrait of life behind bars.

Listeners will walk the corridors of Auburn alongside him, sharing his uneasy awe and growing insight into a system that shapes, and is shaped by, the very humans it contains.